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Artificial Consciousness

The book is interdisciplinary and focuses on the topic of artificial consciousness: from neuroscience to artificial intelligence, from bioengineering to robotics.

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The book is interdisciplinary and focuses on the topic of artificial consciousness: from neuroscience to artificial intelligence, from bioengineering to robotics. It provides an overview on the current state of the art of research in the field of artificial consciousness and includes extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the International Workshop on 'Artificial Consciousness', held in November 2005 at Agrigento (Italy).

Source: Metapsychology

Credit: Joel Parthemore

"It is better approached as a series of thought-provoking essays by some eminent philosophers on the questions of what is consciousness; what is the relationship between ideas like consciousness, awareness, sense, and intelligence; what would it take to create consciousness in an artifact; and what does it ultimately mean to be, in the words of Peter Farleigh, a 'mindful creature'."